Protests have erupted across the Balkans, fueled by deadly disasters linked to corruption. From Serbia to North Macedonia, young people are taking to the streets, demanding accountability in a region where aspirations to join the European Union clash with entrenched graft.
His visit comes in the context of growing global geopolitical challenges, but also political tensions within Bosnia and Herzegovina itself.
Victims often come from socially marginalized categories of the population, especially from the Roma community.
The international community condemned the adoption of this law back in April, calling it a “direct attack on the state structure of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited BiH as part of a four-day tour of the Western Balkans to discuss EU enlargement. German Finance Minister Christian Lindner questions Germany’s ability to phase out coal as an energy source by 2030. Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković hopes his country would join the OECD in 2026.